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Title:
The effect of composition on the bond structure and refractive index of silicon nitride deposited by HWCVD and PECVD
 
Author(s):
Verlaan, V.; Verkerk, A.D.; Arnoldbik, W.M.; Werf, C.H.M. van der; Bakker, R.; Houweling, Z.S.; Romijn, I.G.; Borsa, D.M.; Weeber, A.W.; Luxembourg, S.L.; Zeman, M.; Dekkers, H.F.W.; Schropp, R.E.I.
 
Published by: Publication date:
ECN Solar Energy 21-4-2009
 
ECN report number: Document type:
ECN-W--09-008 Article (scientific)
 
Number of pages:
4  

Published in: Thin Solid Films (Elsevier), , 2009, Vol.517, p.3499-3502.

Abstract:
Silicon nitride (SiNx) is a material with many applications and can be deposited with various deposition techniques. Series of SiNx films were deposited with HWCVD, RF PECVD,MWPECVD and LF PECVD. The atomic densities are quantified using RBS and ERD. The influence of the atomic densities on the Si–N and Si–Si bond structure is studied. The density of N–N bonds is found to be negligible. NewSi–N FTIR proportionality factors are determined which increase with increasing N/Si ratio from 1.2·1019 cm-1 for Si rich films (N/Si=0.2) to 2.4·1019cm-1 forNrich films (N/Si=1.5). The peak position of the Si–Hstretchingmode in the FTIR spectrumis discussed using the chemical induction model. It is shown that especially for Si-rich films the hydrogen content affects the Si–Hpeak position. The influence of the composition on the refractive index of the films is discussed on the basis of the Lorentz–Lorenz equation and the Kramers–Kronig relation. The decreasing refractive index with increasing N/Si ratio is primarily caused by an increase of the band gap.

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